Israel yet to ratify universal Paris climate accord

With the Paris climate accord set to take effect in just one month, Israel and 20 other OECD countries still have yet to ratify the agreement.

The universal climate agreement, which determined that the global temperature rise must be kept “well below 2°C,” was adopted by world leaders on December 12 at the United Nations Conference on Climate Change – also known as the Conference of Parties 21. The 191 parties to the agreement, including both Israel and the Palestinian Authority, signed the accord on April 22 at the UN Headquarters in New York.